The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 20, 1951, Page 6

Page 6 ON THE THE KEY WEST CITIZEN STARS HORIZON ' It didn’t take Frank Lovejoy Jong_to “hit the big time” after he got his. break in Hollywood. Prevfeusty; he'd been working in workyand=later becoming a top radio actor. But Frank didn't really hit his stride started his movie career. Today he's familiar to many movie-go- ers thtoughout the country. And they agree with the producers this six feet tall, blackhaired, gtey-eyed actor can take on any type of role—and turn in an ex-! cellent performance. | Frank Lovejoy was born in New York. He began earning a living &t.an early age and was a) funner for a Wall street firm| wi was fifteen. When the : t crash came Frank} to acting as a career. He | d his’ apprenticeship at the | ir mart in Brooklyn. first major role and Broad- way debut was in Elmer Rice's Play, “Judgement Day.” That . Next season, Frank at the Barter theater in after which he toured Pursuit of Happiness.” ‘The tour closed in Cincinnati nd Frarik joined the staff of a io station (WLW) in that city. he learned radio technique as an’ announcer and dramatic jetor-and Jater continued radio New York for years, doing stage e until he} USNR, has recently been de- tached from the command of Fleet All Weather Training Un- it, Atlantic, Key West, Florida He will report to Composite Squadron Four, Atlantic City, N. J., for duty involving fly- ing. An erstwhile student in the All Weather Flight course here. En- sign Longworth remained on thé staff as assistant legal of- ficer after completing the course « in August. He enlisted in the Navy in 1937 and, upon completion of recruit training, attended a 44° week course in electronics at Mem- phis, Tennessee. He was sub- sequently stationed aboard the aircraft carriers, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, Kearsarge, and Thursday, December 20, 1951 ; | ambassador, as if you didn’t know, | Official U. S. Navy Photo Ensign David W. Longworth. /andarived in Key West on Sunday | Movina caught fleeting glimpses of | Musical Comedy’s Top Star SAA Ste be, a | Ethel Merman Spends tiours in Key West Getting Tan | ik &* ee Relaxes At Casa Marina | By DOROTHY RAYMER y s | A face to face interyview is (en ara Aingd hair isn't curled something. But a backview and berg 2 a iiepe * re NO, pagers phone word exchange is practically | graphs. I'm noi usec to this sort nothing, even if it is with a top | of thing, you know! I couldn't have ;musical comedy ster iike Ethel been mistaken in the day for the |Merman who is relaxing at the | appointment. I’m going back Fri- | Casa Marina hotel. stop-over at Palm j}day with a Miss Merman took time off from | Beach. 1 simply haven't time for her strenuous role in “Call Me | Pictures now, or at anytime before Madame,” a satire on a woman |! leave.” So we went out to the Naval hos- and in case you care, to rest in| pital to talk wici servicemen and {Key West before opening again on |take shots of them enjoying a | Monday, December 24, An invasion | Christmas party given by the spe- jof the Casa Marina solarium was |Cial interest group of naval quite revealing. Miss Merman and | Officers’ wives. Before the evening |two other ladies were sun-bathing W&@S over we founc use for those with an efficient masseuse in at- | extra flashbulbs. tendance. And no one called me “Madame.” Miss Merman sat up with her | back turned and clutched a towel | to her chest before I could say 228 eaths “Earl Wilson.’ She said over her shoulder, “Oh, I can't have an e interview today. I want t t all A b d T, the aun I can.” “i ee | ttri ute 0 She flew here ‘via Miami on Saturday fi N York right israray gom ew, verte" Cold Weather morning. Only the. staff at Casa} New Storm Whistled her from then until Monday after- Eastward Dumping noon when she basked at the new | } solarium. Tons Of Snow, Sleet, up! I can’t possibly see you or She consented, after giving it agitated thought, to an interview Freezing Rain By The Associated Press ‘ Let's show our faith in Freedom roa elence is = 4 out job, too! a. , in New York. He played| Leyte. pa to having her picture taken, regularly in some of the top shows. And he estimates that he’s ne over four thousand separate | tk shows. | ~In 1940 Frank joined_a short- lived Broadway show. He fell in love with Joan Banks, a member of the cast, and married her. They, have two children, Judith Stephen. After a couple of big stage| roles). rank Lovejoy scored his rst’ success in the movies as t.Mingo in “Home Of} Brave.” After appearing in ree Secrets,” he was signed to a-Warner Brothers contract. | “current pictures include farlift,” and “I'll See You In| In July 1949, he was selected to enter flight’ training as an aviation cadet in the Navy V-5 program. He was designated a naval aviator after completing the prescribed flight: training course at Pensacola, Florida. Ensign Longworth is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W, Longworth of Monticello, Minnesota. He received his elementary school- ing in Mopticello and was grad- uated fi Monticello High School. Ranger Rider series starring Clay- ton Moore in the role of the famous Buffalo Bill. —— The first inventors of the air- with reservations. ‘ “Don't bother me today, or to- | nation, buffeted by snow and cold to get the sunlight and I need to | storm today. Behind the storm was relax. Make it day after tomorrow, | @ new blast of icy air. and not until very late in the after-| At least 228 deaths have been noon because I want to stay in the | attributed to the severe weather sun as long. as possible.” jof the last week. On Monday, “day after tomor-| The new storm whistled eastward row’’ meant Wednesday. So yester- | dumping tons of snow, sleet and day, two photographers and one | freezing rain. Temperatures tum: reporter traipsed out to.see her be- | bled along the route, of the storm, tween 5:30 and 6 p.m., the hour set ; dipping far below zero in many for the date. - areas. We were told that Miss.Merman, Freezing rain glazed thorough- had just dashed through the lobby | fares in the Kansas City area and and when reminded of the appoint-| created a hopeless traffic snarl. ment said, ‘But Ihave friends here. | Many schools and business houses I can’t see anyone.” were closed. morrow. I ohly havea short while | for a week, was struck by a fresh The Northern two-thirds of the |} ‘The star answered her own tele- A pie made in nine or ten-ine iy Dreams,” | plane believed that in order to fly | Phone when called. Z ae “I waited around yesterday after pie plates will serve six or mor the pilot must know how to bal- ance and control! his plane in the A clever and pretty young ac- tresg Haiped Audrey Hepburn is fast winning theatrical fame in this ‘country. This newcomer was ; sly accluimed by the critics. in. her Broadway stage debut in Colette’s “Gigi.” Now Audrey is set for her first Amer- ica film appearance in Para- mount's “Rosalind.” ‘The picture will go into produc- tion just.as soon as Audrey con-) in “Gigi,” for which she has) a: Tunof-the-play contract. is an adaptation of, the-famous. J. M. Barrie play. It game to the attention of tomer audiences in 1915, when Marie Tempest played the role of Rosalind. And Reginald Denny, who later became a silent pictures favorite, appeared as the youthful} lover. The play has long ranked as) one of the really great tests of an| avtress’ dramatic ability, But) . who knows Audrey Hep-! busa's.talents predicts she'll pass with ‘flying colors. : Now for some brief news from : mount has announced the} purchase “af: two top literary prop: | erties’ for early production. They are the .F. Seott Fitzgerald story, ig .” and “Henry Richardson's popular novel, “Me Guest.” ‘ision actor Noel Drayton has»been. signed for a featured role in “Botany Bay.” The techni- olor adventure drama co-stars Ladd, James Mason and Pa- thicia Medina. John Farrow is # recting. “Ome of the Cleveland pitchers, Bob Lemon, has been} igned-to coach Ronald Reagan) for his role of Grover Cleveland| Alexander, the famed pitcher, in| a. movie. It’s a Warner Brothers | ~ titled “Alexander, The | sues Doris Day co-stars | with Reagan in the forthcoming | ‘young character ac-} t atherine Warren, is one of} isiest actresses in Hollywood | ys. At the moment she's; the eras in ‘This Wo-| ds - Dangerous.” she finishes this assign- mi She'll start work in a fea-/ t levin “Man With A Gu Virginia Mayo and he | husband, actor Michael 0’Shea, | ‘Dein Chicago for the! St. Jude hospital fund] re of “I'll See You In My} They'll be at the Chicago onthe evening of Decem -..And they'll join Danny) and other leading enter-| tcfigures in a campaigt | fund at noon the previous) is co-starred with time it’s @ schedul Brothers production hard-fighting “Buffalo Bill In Toma- air. 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